Lab Members

Huxley Hoffman, Ph.D.

Research Instructor

B.A. Oberlin College

M.Ed. Regis University

Ph.D. University of Denver

Project: Molecular mechanisms coordinating epithelial cell polarization, lumen formation, and ciliogenesis.

I Like: Long walks, science fiction, coffee, karaoke.

Ke-Jun Han Ph.D

Research Assistant Professor

B.S. Tongji Medical University, WuHan, China

Ph.D. Beijing University Health Center, Beijing, China

Projects:

1) Post-mitotic inheritance and roles of the midbody

2) The role of Rab40c in regulating cell migration

Gabriela (Gaby) Rivera-González, B.S.

Cancer Biology Graduate Student

B.S. University of Puerto Rico Humacao Campus.

Project: RNA Targeting and Translation at the Midbody Regulates the Abscission Checkpoint in Breast Cancer Cells

I Like: Baking, building Legos, going to the beach, watching movies and eating movie theater popcorn

Andrew Neumann, B.S.

Molecular Biology Graduate Program

BS: George Fox University

Project: Understanding regulation of actin dynamics during cell migration.

I Like: Spending time with my wife, disc golf, pickleball, reading, and eating chocolate chips.

Katie Vaeth, B.S.

Molecular Biology Graduate Student

Co-mentor with Matt Taliaferro laboratory

B.S. Saint Louis University

Project: Understanding the mechanism of RNA localization to the midbody.

I Like: Skiing, Hiking, Running, & walking my dog Watson.

Chau Do, B.S.

Molecular Biology Graduate Student

Co-mentor with Matt Taliaferro laboratory

B.S. Temple University

Project: Elucidating the RNA binding proteins that traffic RNA to the midbody.

I Like: Snowboarding, backpacking and hiking, bouldering, and painting.

Kateryna Svitlychna, M.S.

Graduate Student at Lithuania University of Health Scuences

Co-mentored with Arvydas Skeberdis

M.S. National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

B.S. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Project: Chromothrypsis and other mechanisms regulating cell division

I Like: art, tennis, sudoku, and postcrossing

ALUMNI

Glenn Simon
Ph.D. Student 2002-2008. Life Sciences specialist at Thermofisher Scientific.

Jian Jing
Ph.D. Student 2004-2009. Faculty at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

John Shiel
Ph.D. Student 2007-2012. Product Manager at Synthego Corporation.

Carly Willenborg/Childs
Ph.D. Student 2007-2012. Clinical trial coordinator at UC Berkeley.

Dongying Li
Ph.D. Student 2008-2013. Staff Fellow at FDA-National Center for Toxicology Research at Jefferson, AZ.

Abitha Jacob
Ph.D. Student 2011-2016. Director of cell therapy process development at Bayer.
San Francisco, CA.

Alex Blasky
Post-doc 2014-2016. Innovation & New Market Development Manager at SomaLogic.

Anthony Mangan
Ph.D. Student 2012-2017. Application Scientist, Enzo Life Sciences.

Paulius Gibieza
Ph.D. Student 2015-2019.
Post-doc in Vilma Petrikaite laboratory at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.

Lai Kuan Dionne
Post-doc. 2017-2019. Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis.

Eric Peterman
Ph.D. Student 2015-2019. Post-Doc in Jeff Rasmussen lab at University of Washington.

Erik Linklater
Ph.D. Student 2015-2021. Senior Scientist at PPD Laboratories, Middleton, Wisconsin.

Cayla Jewett
Ph.D. Student 2015-2021. Post-Doc in Andrew Holland lab. John Hopkins University.

Emily Duncan
Ph.D. Student 2017-2022. Co-founder and COO in Birch Biosciences.

Ezra Lencer
Post-doc 2018-2022. Assistant Professor at Lafayette College.

Trey Farmer
Post-doc 2021-2022. Genomics Core Manager at National Jewish Hospital

Rachel Sachs
Ph.D. Student 2021-2026. Post-Doc in Karen Schindler's lab at Rutgers University

Revathi Sampath
Ph.D. Student 2022-2026. Post-Doc in Ciro Isidoro lab at Universita del Piedmonte Orientale, Italy

Rytis Prekeris Lab

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ALUMNI